Maud Linder Movies

A documentary with many excerpts from the films of French movie pioneer Max Linder, narrated by his daughter.

In 1914, Max Linder (1883-1925) was a great star of silent cinema, the King of Cinema. But then World War I broke out, in which Max participated, and...

Paul Merton goes in search of the origins of screen comedy in the forgotten world of silent cinema - not in Hollywood, but closer to home in pre-1914...